| Niklas Svedberg | |||
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) Svedberg at the 2013AHL All-Star Game | |||
| Born | (1989-09-04)4 September 1989 (age 36) Sollentuna, Sweden | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Catches | Left | ||
| ICEHL team Former teams | HC Bolzano Modo Hockey Brynäs IF Boston Bruins Salavat Yulaev Ufa Timrå IK Djurgårdens IF Fischtown Pinguins | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2008–present | ||
Niklas Svedberg (born 4 September 1989) is aSwedish professionalice hockeygoaltender currently playing under contract with theHC Bolzano of theICE Hockey League (ICEHL). He won aSwedish championship title in 2012 withBrynäs IF.
On 29 May 2012, theBoston Bruins announced that they had signed Svedberg from theSwedish Elite League to an Entry Level Contract. Svedberg made his AHL debut on 19 October 2012 against theManchester Monarchs. Svedberg was called up to the Boston Bruins on 24 May 2013. Svedberg was also voted as the AHL2012–13 goalie of the year.[1]
Svedberg made his NHL debut on 2 January 2014 in a home game against theNashville Predators, playing all 60:50 of game time into a shortovertime, resulting in a 3-2 Bruins win.[2]
After the Bruins were eliminated by theMontreal Canadiens in the2014 Stanley Cup playoffs, on 23 June 2014 Svedberg was signed to a one-year, one-way contract by the Bruins, in anticipation of 2013–14 Bruins backup goaltenderChad Johnson becoming an unrestricted free agent.[3] He appeared in 18 games with the Bruins over the course of the season, collecting 7 wins
As a restricted free agent after his first year as the Bruins backup in the2014–15 season, Svedberg opted to sign a one-year KHL contract with Russian club,Salavat Yulaev Ufa on 10 May 2015.[4] After leading all KHL goaltenders in games won during2015–16, he re-signed a two-year contract extension with Salavat.
Sveberg was released from the final year of his contract with Salavat in order to return to the NHL ranks, agreeing to a one-year, two-way contract as a free agent with theMinnesota Wild on 1 July 2017.[5] In the2017–18 season within the Wild organization, Svedberg was assigned for the duration of the year to AHL affiliate, theIowa Wild. In 44 appearances he compiled 18 wins with 18 losses.
On June 8, 2018, Svedberg as an impending free agent signed a two-year contract to return to Sweden withTimrå IK in the SHL.[6][7] In the2018–19 season, Svedberg registered just 10 wins in 35 games with Timrå IK, unable to keep the club from suffering relegation to the Allsvenskan.
In order to continue in the SHL, Svedberg left Timrå IK and agreed to join original hometown junior club, Djurgårdens IF for the final year of his contract on 7 June 2019.[8]
| Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T/OT | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | ||
| 2007–08 | Modo Hockey | SEL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7.11 | .666 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Modo Hockey | SEL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 178 | 16 | 0 | 5.41 | .828 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Huddinge IK | Allsv | 24 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 1376 | 74 | 2 | 3.23 | .897 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Modo Hockey | SEL | 32 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1899 | 82 | 1 | 2.59 | .900 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1261 | 48 | 2 | 2.28 | .917 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Mora IK | Allsv | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 | .931 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 29 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1726 | 71 | 0 | 2.47 | .912 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 814 | 23 | 4 | 1.70 | .947 | ||
| 2012–13 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 48 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 2873 | 104 | 4 | 2.17 | .925 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 675 | 37 | 0 | 3.29 | .889 | ||
| 2013–14 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 45 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 2602 | 114 | 2 | 2.63 | .910 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 510 | 23 | 1 | 2.70 | .905 | ||
| 2013–14 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 1.97 | .943 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 900 | 35 | 2 | 2.33 | .918 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 239 | 11 | 0 | 2.76 | .911 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | KHL | 53 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 3058 | 121 | 5 | 2.37 | .916 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 1111 | 47 | 0 | 2.54 | .912 | ||
| 2016–17 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | KHL | 48 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 2528 | 126 | 1 | 2.99 | .897 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 272 | 8 | 0 | 1.76 | .933 | ||
| 2017–18 | Iowa Wild | AHL | 44 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 2613 | 125 | 2 | 2.87 | .905 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Timrå IK | SHL | 35 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 1942 | 111 | 2 | 3.42 | .888 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | Djurgårdens IF | SHL | 35 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 2029 | 78 | 5 | 2.31 | .917 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Djurgårdens IF | SHL | 23 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1308 | 66 | 1 | 3.03 | .889 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Djurgårdens IF | SHL | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 557 | 32 | 0 | 3.45 | .881 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Fischtown Pinguins | DEL | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 726 | 30 | 0 | 2.48 | .904 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 6.00 | .667 | ||
| SHL totals | 175 | 74 | 96 | 14 | 10,908 | 505 | 11 | 2.75 | .902 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 814 | 23 | 4 | 1.70 | .947 | ||||
| NHL totals | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 961 | 37 | 2 | 2.31 | .920 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| KHL totals | 101 | 43 | 36 | 15 | 5586 | 247 | 6 | 2.65 | .907 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 1383 | 55 | 1 | 2.39 | .916 | ||||
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| Preceded by | Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award 2012–13 | Succeeded by |